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NHC AL031961 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Carla (1961)

September 3, 1961 – September 18, 1961

Hurricane Carla peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 603 US cities, 69 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
603
At hurricane strength
69

when closest

States
5

Cities Carla passed near, strongest first

Texas (333)

and 273 more

Oklahoma (142)

and 82 more

Missouri (65)

and 5 more

Arkansas (61)

and 1 more

Kansas (2)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.